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Apple made a big change when it released the iPhone X: It ditched Touch ID fingerprint security for a new face-based biometric sign-on tool called Face ID. The fingerprint scanner on most post-iPhone X Apple products is gone, and in its place is a new camera array capable of capturing a face map that is, ...
This free PDF download from TechRepublic is a guide to the new Apple iPhone 12 family describes the features, specs, and prices if you’re considering buying one or simply want to learn more about the lineup. In the download: What are the key features in the iPhone 12 family? More features in the iPhone 12 ...
iCloud is Apple’s cloud file storage and services platform. The service permits users to leverage secure and highly reliable cloud computing features and capabilities to store and share a wide variety of files, locate lost equipment, and synchronize information across multiple devices. Apple’s iCloud includes multiple features and components. The features included with iCloud are ...
Smart professionals know—maybe many learned the hard way—never to keep data in a single location. Although the temptation exists—insidiously alluring with its seduction of ease—to simply store files, especially work in progress, on a Mac desktop or in a local documents folder, phones are lost, iPads are stolen and Mac drives can fail. With such ...
Apple surprised everyone with the announcement of a second fall event at which it released several new products, but it was the 2021 MacBook Pro that stole the show. The new MacBook Pro has all the usual upgrades you’d expect from a new generation of laptop: better screen, improved memory, faster hard drives and the ...
Apple’s new M1 chips make MacBook Pros and iPad Pros faster than ever. But is there a big difference between the two? Find out in this free PDF download from TechRepublic. From the download: Advertising doesn’t always match true street performance. To achieve a published acceleration rate for a specific car, for example, you might ...
Apple announced the first set of Macs to be powered by the company’s new ARM-based M1 system-on-chip (SoC) at its ‘One More Thing’ event in 2020. The initial lineup of M1 machines were the M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. At the company’s 2021 Spring Loaded event, it unveiled a completely redesigned M1 ...
Apple announced its Apple Watch Series 7 during a live event Tuesday, with COO Jeff Williams touting it as “the most durable Apple watch we’ve ever built.” This Apple Watch Series 7 PDF download from TechRepublic includes details about the smartwatch, including features, pricing information and more. In the download: What is the Apple Watch ...
Apple announced the iPhone 13, the update to its flagship iPhone, at a digital-only event on Tuesday, Sept, 14, 2021. The trend continues with the iPhone being segmented into different model configurations: the iPhone 13, iPhone 3 mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, with each model containing slightly different spec variations. The ...
Objective-C has won the hearts of many developers. It started as a programming language that bundled object-oriented programming (OOP) with the likeness of the C programming language. Objective-C called NeXT and Apple home where it was the default programming language for NeXTSTEP, OS X, and iOS. In 2010, Apple started developing Swift, a new programming ...
During the keynote of Apple’s WWDC21 conference on June 7, 2021, the company announced its long-awaited new macOS: Monterey (also known as macOS 12). Like WWDC 2020, this year’s week-long conference aimed at developers around the world is virtual and free to the public via Apple’s website, the Apple Developer app, the Apple TV app ...
Living and working in an always-connected world means the quality and reliability of your network connection is vital to practically everything you do on your computer or mobile device. Maintaining a quality network connection, and troubleshooting a connection that fails, are basic skills that everyone should, at the very least, be familiar with. It doesn’t ...
iOS devices are known for their reliability, but as with all technology sometimes they run into operational or functional difficulties. Follow the steps in this checklist from TechRepublic Premium to get the most out of your company’s iOS devices. From the checklist: Device management 1. Implement and instruct employees to follow relevant related device policies ...
Like any complicated machine, an Apple desktop or laptop requires care to keep it running well. The 10 tricks featured in this free PDF download from TechRepublic are just what you need to keep your macOS computer feeling like new. From the download: The biggest, most important assets in our lives require regular upkeep to ...
Apple unveiled the much-anticipated 5G iPhone 12 at the company’s Oct. 13 “Hi, Speed.” event. The iPhone 12 is Apple’s first 5G phone and will compete with other 5G phones released in 2020, like the Samsung Galaxy S20, Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A 5G and Motorola Razr 5G. In addition to the 5G iPhone ...